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08 January 2013

Complete List of Documents required Aadhaar Card What to do if One does not have Address Proof Identity Proof What is the process that will be followed to issue an Aadhaar?

A resident will have to go to an enrolling agency along with Proof of photo Identity/ Proof of address documents, fill up an application form(optional to Registrar) and provide the supporting documentation.

If resident does not have, any document to prove his identity he will require an Introducer to get him/herself enrolled.

In case you do not have common proofs,
Certificate of Identify having photo issued by Gazetted Officer/Tehsildar on letterhead is also accepted as PoI. Certificate of Address having photo issued by MP or MLA /Gazetted Officer/Tehsildar on letterhead or by Village Panchayat head or its equivalent authority (for rural areas) is accepted as valid PoA.

Even if someone in a family does not have individual valid documents, the resident can still enroll if his/her name exists in family entitlement document.

In this case the Head of Family in entitlement document needs to be enrolled first with valid PoI & PoA document.

The head of the household can then introduce other members in the family while they are enrolling. UIDAI accepts 8 document types as Proof of Relationship

What is the introducer system and who can be an introducer?

UIDAI recognizes that some people particularly children, women, migrant workers, homeless, nomadic tribes, urban poor and others may not be able to produce documentary proof of identity and proof of address.

In order to enable inclusion of these individuals for AADHAAR, the data standards committee recommended that the introducer system be created similar to the introducer framework followed by banks for opening bank accounts.

The main objective of the introducer system is to enable inclusion of people into the UID system who are otherwise hard to reach and may not be able to provide proof of identity and address. In situations where a resident is unable to provide proof of identity or proof of address they can be introduced for an aadhaar number by a pre designated "Introducer".

Who are "Introducers"?

An Introducer is a person who is authorized to introduce a resident who does not possess any PoA / PoI documents.

The main objective of the introducer system is to enable enrolment of residents into Aadhaar, who are otherwise hard to reach and may not be part of any government database.

Introducers are individuals (for example, Registrar's employees, elected members, members of local administration bodies, postmen, influencers such as teachers & doctors, Anganwadi / ASHA workers, representative of local NGO's etc.) identified by a Registrar and registered in UIDAI's CIDR as "Introducers".

The registrar authorized person will verify the information with the documents produced The demographic data will be entered in software.

Biometrics information of ten finger prints, both iris scan and facial photograph of the resident will also be captured

The data will be sent to CIDR

A de-duplication check comparing the Resident's biometric information to the records in the data base is done If the individual is not already in the database, Aadhaar will be issued and sent to the person at his/ her residence.

The Aadhaar number will also be sent to the Registrar for use in their service database.If the individual is already in the database, or in case of any other quality/data validation failure the application will be rejected and the person will be informed of the same.

What are the supporting documents that the UIDAI will accept as proof of identity and proof of address?